Fighting transphobia: a practical and theoretical guide
Transphobia is on the rise in Britain and around the world. It’s being spread by the far right, ruling political parties, and even by liberals and socialists in social movements and unions. The fight for trans liberation goes beyond just countering bigotry, misinformation, and oppression where we come across it – we need to build power within and across movements, and put forward positive demands.
This is the third edition of the pamphlet and contains a lot of new and updated material including reactions to the Supreme Court judgement. The first edition was written in the context of the rising transphobia in Britain in 2023. We originally started it as a practical guide to tackling transphobia in trade union spaces, which many of our comrades in rs21 have personal experience with. But as we wrote and met to discuss the pieces we started to feel that it was wrong to separate the practical and the theoretical. So this pamphlet aims to sketch out a theoretical basis for fighting transphobia in Britain in the 2020s, share practical experiences and lessons we’ve learned doing this ourselves, and lay some foundations for a revolutionary socialist understanding of the link between trans liberation and class struggle.
rs21 believes that trans liberation means gendered liberation for all people, that it is a crucial part of the struggle against patriarchy, and that it needs to be linked up with the workers’ movement.
Contents
Introduction: trans struggle is class struggle – by Lotta P
‘I was born a baby not a boy’: sex, gender and trans liberation – by Shanice McBean
State capture: understanding the gender-critical takeover –by Lisa Leak
The Supreme Court: when law becomes the means of oppression – by DK Renton
Report: Glasgow workers for trans liberation- by rs21 members in Glasgow
Transphobia – PCS case – by Jane Smith
Transphobia in environmental movements – by Gus Woody
Struggles within trans liberation – by Connor Liao
Further reading and references
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